Comments on: Alert – YouTube Displays Competitors in YOUR Videos http://blogbrent.com/2008/12/11/alert-youtube-displays-competitors-in-your-videos/ Website Consultant for NetSource Technologies Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:31:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Brent Haeseker http://blogbrent.com/2008/12/11/alert-youtube-displays-competitors-in-your-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Brent Haeseker Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:56:45 +0000 http://netsourcebrent.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-51 Thanks John, I appreciate the feedback. While "sneaky" may or may not be the correct terminology, what I take issue with is the lack of control on the users end and being forced to accept whatever content "YouTube" deems related to your video, instead of "You". YouTube has grown in large part from users who recognize they can post promotional videos to further their careers and business. When YouTube forces users to accept links to other content without an opt out - especially, when they retro activate it on all the currently uploaded videos, it is a bad thing. As a business owner in today's economy, I'd be ticked to see competitor video links showing up on my website. I would liken it to Google's Adsense program - if Google Adsense was forced onto everyone's website and was displaying ads to competitors that would also be a bad thing - however, users have the ability to opt in (or out by default) to this service. Thanks John, I appreciate the feedback. While “sneaky” may or may not be the correct terminology, what I take issue with is the lack of control on the users end and being forced to accept whatever content “YouTube” deems related to your video, instead of “You”. YouTube has grown in large part from users who recognize they can post promotional videos to further their careers and business. When YouTube forces users to accept links to other content without an opt out – especially, when they retro activate it on all the currently uploaded videos, it is a bad thing. As a business owner in today’s economy, I’d be ticked to see competitor video links showing up on my website. I would liken it to Google’s Adsense program – if Google Adsense was forced onto everyone’s website and was displaying ads to competitors that would also be a bad thing – however, users have the ability to opt in (or out by default) to this service.

]]> By: johnlacey http://blogbrent.com/2008/12/11/alert-youtube-displays-competitors-in-your-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-50 johnlacey Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:10:04 +0000 http://netsourcebrent.wordpress.com/?p=250#comment-50 I'm not sure this really is YouTube being <I>'sneaky.'</I> The purpose of the related videos is to further engage viewers in the experience that is YouTube. If you are mindful of the titles you give your videos - <B>and even moreso, the video tags</B> - those related videos may very well be your own. Yet by the same token they might be <I>about</I> you, or as you suggest above, your competitors. Whether to use the related videos feature in an embedded video depends mostly on where it is and what it is and your own personal goals for that video and the website/blog it appears on. I’m not sure this really is YouTube being ’sneaky.’ The purpose of the related videos is to further engage viewers in the experience that is YouTube. If you are mindful of the titles you give your videos – and even moreso, the video tags – those related videos may very well be your own. Yet by the same token they might be about you, or as you suggest above, your competitors.

Whether to use the related videos feature in an embedded video depends mostly on where it is and what it is and your own personal goals for that video and the website/blog it appears on.

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